A Sketch challenge

Evening Everyone,
I made this card last week using the sketch at Sunday Sketch and Stamp and it has taken me till now to blog it, which is hopefully just before the challenge closes.

The chalked butterfly panel was in my stash box and I have stamped and embossed the fabulous Woodware stamp over the top of it.

I think this stamp is probably one of my favourites from this latest collect from Woodware.

The background card is also from my scrap box, so I guess that this will also fit very nicely into the Woodware challenge this week, which is Stash Busters.

These are pictures that I took this morning at the bottom of our road. This is the current state of the main A22 road, a direct link to the M25. You can imagine the chaos that its closure is causing. Please ignore the date on the photos as I had to put in new batteries and didn't think to re-set the calender properly.

At the moment the water treatment works just down the road is under threat and so if it is a choice between keeping that open and flooding us we loose :O(
Worryingly we have heard talk that the road could be closed for a couple of months!!!!! Given that no deliveries are able to get in to the garage I'm not quite sure how that will affect things for me, and of course my Sin-in-law works at Wraybury Tyres which is completely under water, so as you can imagine we are a pretty worried household at the moment.
Crafting keeps me from thinking of all these other things so I will be back again tomorrow. See you then.
Hugs Kimx

A chalked Flower

Hi All
Here we are at the weekend, yet again, I hope that the weather has been better at your end.
We actually had some sunshine here which was nice. I even left my craft room, if only very briefly, to walk down the road for some milk. Well I can't be expected to craft with out coffee now can I!!

 Among the cards that I sent last month was this one made using a very old Rubber Stampede flower stamp.

The stamped image has been coloured using chalks and it has been mounted over background papers from my stash.
I added some peel-off lines to the right hand side of the card which worked quite well I thought.
I think I might have a reasonably early night tonight and start fresh tomorrow.
Still so much to do, and so little time to do it all in.
hugs Kimx

January Sketch Challenge over at Woodware

 
Evening Everyone,
Tonight I am sharing the card that I have made using the sketch over at the Woodware challenge.

It has actually been made for my good friend Anna who lost her Mum just after Christmas.
The black and white panel has been stamped and embossed using the large flower head from the Stampendous clear set SSC1111 Agapanthus Thank You, black versafine ink and clear embossing powder.
I distressed the edges using weathered wood distress ink and some Metallic rub-ons from Kit no 3.

The central black panel has been stamped and embossed using the fine line flower head and then the images have been painted using thin bleach.
I also added a greeting to both panels from Woodware clear set JGCL508 Jane's Script.
The card candy has been punched from some of the left over pieces and attached using silicon.

The main image has been created using another Stampendous stamp Agapanthus Cluster and decorators chalks. It was cut out using a nestie and layered over more of the purple card stock.
Why not have a go at making a card following this sketch. You have the entire month of January to come up with something, and you never know you might win a prize.
Add your creation using the link at the bottom of the Mondays Post, and don't forget you can still enter even if you don't have a blog, by e-mailing a picture of your card to Dorothy at dorothy@woodware.co.uk.
Good Luck, and most of all have fun.
hugs Kimx

No one wanted my prize then ............

Evening Everyone

Well I can only assume that you all already have the lovely Stampendous Agapanthus stamp that I was giving away as a prize, since no one came through with an answer to my question as to which stamp was featured in this card.
Just so you know, it is indeed by Stampendous, as I suspected, and is from a discontinued wooden set called Stitched Mums SWS009.
Thank you Dorothy over at Woodware for that.
Oh well I shall just have to hang onto it for another time, or some other worthwhile recipient.
Tomorrow evening I will be teaching at Davina's in Purley.
We will be using the Snowy Christmas set from Hobby Art and chalks.

This is one of the cards that I made for Jenny's TV show and I have borrowed it back for the class tomorrow.

I've added a little glitter glue to the snowflakes and a Martha Stewart punched border.
Other samples using this set can be found HERE.
I had better go and iron my uniform ready for work tomorrow. Back to the grind, how quickly these last few days have gone by.
Love and hugs
Kimx

A few Snowflakes

Evening Everyone
Well that's one deadline completed and the artwork hand delivered this morning. What would I do without Anna or Suu to ferry my cards around for me :)
The cards that were delivered are for Jenny from Hobby Art who will be on the TV on Tuesday 13th Sept (Create and Craft Sky channel 671 at 9am, 2pm and 5pm)
Unfortunately the stamp sets didn't arrive until earlier this week and so there has been little time to get samples done, still I have done my best.

These are a couple of cards that I made for Jenny's last show. They are made using the  Butterfly Kisses Snowy Christmas clear stamp set. The snowflake background has been stamped with a versamark pad and then coloured using decorators chalks applied with a cotton ball.

I have used a Magnolia DooHickey to cut the bottom of the stamped panel and then added a matching tag and some rushed ribbon. The greeting is also from Hobby Art.

This card uses the same image but it has been stamped and embossed in white and then blue dye based ink has been sponged all over it. The lace border is a Martha Stewart punch.
Off to bed now, nite nite.
Love and hugs
Kimx

Woodware Challenge Week 14 Funny Folds

Evening All
I'm sorry that I have been missing for a while but I've been so busy the days seem to have gone by in a blur.
I hope that you are having a good weekend, perhaps you have popped along to Sir Stampalot in Peterboro. They have there Christmas launch this weekend with loads of fab new goodies and demonstrations.
Check it out, I'm only sorry that I won't be there this time. I will have to wait till November for my next fix.

Of course no week would be complete without an entry into the Woodware challenge and so I had a look through my stash of cards and found this Box of Cards that I made a while ago. No time for anything freshly made I'm afraid.

OK so it may not be a funny fold, but there are folds involved none the less, just as Caz said when she made her box. I made cards to go inside as well.

I did tell you that this Agapanthus stamp was one of my all time favourites. It is just so useful.
All of the items, box and cards, have used Blending Chalks in yellow and orange.

The chalk has been applied to the images which have been stamped with a versamark ink pad.
As you can see I have embellished the envelopes as well.
Off to bed now, thanks for stopping by.
Love and hugs
Kimx

Spring Florals in Craft Stamper

Evening Everyone
It turned into a beautiful day here, if still a little chilly.
Babysitting went off without a hitch yesterday, in fact they didn't stir once, not even after their parents arrived home. Tonight they were up and down like yo-yos with Mum and Dad around - oh the power of the Mam-ma :)

This is the card that has just been published in the latest edition of Craft Stamper (May 2011 page 52). Once again it was done for Janice and Andy at Sir Stampalot.

The theme was 'Spring Florals' although there has been a bit of a typo and they have called it Framed - that was last month. I've spritzed the background papers with Glimmer Mist once I have cut them using a Nestie.

As usual there was a colour theme which was lemon, mint and peach. I have used craft chalks blended over a versamarked image for a change. The stamps used are of course Anna's Collection - Just for You by Hobby Art.

I've added flowers coloured with Glimmer Mist, punched leaves and chandeliers, as well as stitched lines and peel-off borders.

Hope you like it.

Nite, nite

Love and hugs

Kimx

Christmas Launch at Sir Stampalot

Evening Everyone.
Thanks for stopping by. This is a very quick post as it has been another long day, but fun, as it always is when I'm on holiday at Sir Stampalot.
I think I might need a holiday to get over this one, and a payment plan for all my stash lol.

Christmas starts tomorrow here in Peterboro with three days of fabulous demonstrations. There has had to be a bit of juggling done with the demos as unfortunately the new Molly Blooms Christmas stamps weren't ready in time, so I am now going to be playing tomorrow instead of Sunday.
I always have a great time when I am here, and it's always a bit of a challenge over what I'm going to be doing as I don't usually find out until I get here. But I hope people will like what I've done.
I have been playing with some of the new Penny Black and Hero Arts Christmas stamps, and there certainly are some lovely ones there.

The major trouble with being in the shop for all these hours is that I keep seeing more and more things that I just have to have!!! It's all about the ownership girls. Sorry, bit of an in joke between me and Janice.
The card I am sharing with you tonight has been made with a stamp from one of the new Hero Arts cling sets CG209 Four Framed Snowflakes. The greeting is actually from a very useful clear stamp set CL343 Holiday Sayings.
I have stamped the snowflake using versamark ink and then have applied Decorating chalks using a cotton wool ball.

The greeting has been stamped and embossed afterwards and as you can see the embossing powder sticks to some of the snowflake image as well. I rather like this slightly patchy effect, but if you don't then you might be better off stamping the greeting with a Stazon pad and not embossing it.
I have made the card using a Nestabilities set. It makes for a nice small card and would have fitted very nicely in to the challenge over at Allsorts. I see that I'm too late to enter this time but I will leave you the link anyway as they have some good challenges.
Hope to see some of you tomorrow - well in a few hours actually.
Nite, nite
Love and hugs
Kimx

Sorry it's late.............

Hi
I was so tired yesterday after all my walking that I completely forgot to wish my friend Sharon a very Happy Birthday.


This is the card that is winging it's way to her as we speak.
You see I did tell you that I was rubbish at getting cards in the post on time - well snail mail anyway lol.


You once told me that you wanted to master chalks Shaz so here's one you might like.
The stamp is a Judikins one that I have had for a number of years.
I guess it is another take on a spotlight card as well.


The coloured part of the image has been acheived using a versamark ink pad and decorators chalks applied with a good old cotton wool ball.
The background has also been made using old fashioned sticks of chalk. I have scrapped dust from the sticks into a bowl of warm water and then I have laid a piece of card onto the surface of the water.
Carefully lift the card out and hey presto beautiful background.


As you know we crafters never like to waste anything do we. I am also always reminding people to be proud and sign your work. So I used the left over piece of the chalked image on the back of the card.
Hope you like it Shaz, sorry the blogging world gets to see it before you, unless you are stalking me of course lol.
Will try and catch up on Sunday although I am not sure if I will be there now.
If not we can catch up at my Stampin Up party on Tuesday evening.
Have a great evening.
Love to All
Kimx

Happy Birthday Hazel

Morning Everyone. Well the journey back from Port Sunny was definately better than the one there. We made it home in record time.
Still we did get away earlier than usual as there wasn't much to pack away so there must be lots of happy shoppers out there who went home with plenty of bargains.
I love this show as it is always friendly and it gives me the chance to catch up with a couple of friends that I don't get to see very often.
One of them is the lovely Hazel from Horseshoe Craft. I've know Hazel for several years now since I first demoed Pearlex for her at the first show that Julie Hickey did at Crawley. Can't remember how long ago that is but must be at least 10 years!!!!
Anyway today is Hazels birthday, so Happy Birthday to her.
This is the card that I gave her yesterday. I haven't played with chalks for a long time so this was one that I made earlier lol.
All stamps are by Hero Arts, although I think some are now discontinued, why do they always do that to the ones I really like!!!
Don't forget today is also Barbara's TV show Ideal World channel 644 at 2pm then repeated on Create and Craft channel 671 at 5pm two hours of crafting inspiration.
Must go now have lots of new goodies to play with.
Love and hugs
Kimx